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| Fatah intelligence founder declines Revolutionary Council nomination |
| 2009-10-20 |
| Ma'an -- Founder of the Palestinian intelligence services Amin Al-Hindi excused himself from consideration for the Fatah Revolutionary Council via an official letter to Fatah leader and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, sources said. Fatah's Revolutionary Council, meeting in Ramallah from Sunday through Tuesday, received 24 recommendations for appointments to the Council from the party's main decision making body the Central Committee. The Council okayed 19 of the recommendations on Monday. The appointments include several Fatah-affiliated police and security services leaders. In his letter to the council, Al-Hindi is reported to have written: "If I wanted this position, I would have nominated myself [for the council] during the [sixth Fatah] conference and obtained it democratically." No further indication as to why he chose not to participate in the council was given. |
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